Jun 2013
Camino de Santiago
Le Puy-en-Velay to Santiago de Compostela. Around 1,600 km, two months on foot.
Trekking
Completed
Twenty-one expeditions, since 2013
Aug 2013
Vietnam by motorbike
Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi and back down. Forty days. I bought the bike on Bui Vien and had learned to ride it three days earlier.
Motorbike
Completed
Jun 2014
O'Henro, Shikoku
The eighty-eight temple pilgrimage, Japan.
Trekking
Completed
Sep 2015
Mont Blanc, 4,808 m
Cosmiques arΓͺte, then the GoΓ»ter route. My first time in crampons was five days earlier.
Alpinism
Summit
Oct 2016
Paragliding licence
Paragliding
Licensed
2017
Kitesurfing
Kitesurfing
Licensed
Sep 2018
Mongolia on horseback
Riding the steppe with François, staying with herder families through a local NGO. Then three days on rented motorbikes before heading home.
Horseback
Completed
Jul 2021
GR20, Corsica
The hardest long-distance trail in Europe.
Trekking
Completed
Feb 2022
TraversΓ©e du Jura
Winter crossing on nordic skis.
Nordic ski
Completed
Jan 2023
Niseko, Hokkaidō
Midwinter on the Niseko slopes.
Skiing
Completed
Aug 2023
Daisetsuzan Traverse
The alpine spine of HokkaidΕ.
Trekking
Completed
Jan 2025
Aconcagua
High point reached 6,500 m. The summit stands at 6,962 m.
Alpinism
Turned back
Jan 2026
Kilimanjaro, 5,895 m
Highest summit to date.
Alpinism
Summit
Jan 2026
Serengeti and Ngorongoro
Same trip, straight after Kilimanjaro.
Safari
Completed
Feb 2026
Mt. Yotei, 1,898Β m
HokkaidΕ, two days. Turned back above the tree line on the first; summited and skied on the second.
Ski mountaineering
Summit and ski
May 2026
Mt. Fuji
Climbed and skied from the crater rim.
Ski mountaineering
Summit and ski
May 2026
Japan end to end by bike
The length of the country, May into June.
Cycling
Completed
17 Aug 2026
Γssers Barrhorn, 3,610 m
Valais. The highest summit in Switzerland reachable by a marked trail β first of three build-up days with Anthony Bracegirdle.
Alpinism
Summit
19 Aug 2026
Weissmies, 4,017 m
Valais. Second of the build-up summits, and the first four-thousander of the week.
Alpinism
Summit
22 Aug 2026
Breithorn traverse, 4,164 m
Valais. The test piece β the day that decided the Matterhorn was on.
Alpinism
Summit
24 Aug 2026
Matterhorn, HΓΆrnli Ridge β 4,478 m
Turned back at roughly 3,800 m in August 2025. Came back a year later, after the three Valais summits above, and reached the top on 24 August as the first party on the mountain. Three hours twenty up, against a standard guided allowance of four to five. Guide: Emmanuel Julien, Zermatters.
Alpinism
Summit
Next
17β20 Oct 2026
Siguniang Erfeng, 5,276 m
Second Peak of the Siguniangshan range above Rilong, Sichuan, roughly 200 km west of Chengdu. It would become my second-highest summit, above the Matterhorn.
Alpinism
Upcoming